lauren greenfield

People are getting rich in China. Fast. And in crazy numbers. So we sent photographer-filmmaker Lauren Greenfield, along with GQ's own Devin Friedman, to document the lives of China's newly wealthy as they learn the way of brand names, caviar, couture, and the centuries-old art of snobbery

You probably know that people are getting rich in China. They lag only behind America in sheer number of billionaires. And you probably know that all of that money is new. But do you know what the hundreds of billionaires (and tens of thousands of millionaires) are going to do with their money? Well, neither do they! Lucky for them, there is an army of Western luxury-lifestyle purveyors coming to teach them how to act rich. Devin Friedman ventures to China to partake in a gaudy crash course in the centuries-old art of snobbery read more

If you've been to Vegas, you've heard about it or stood in line to get in. Marquee, the superest of the superclubs, sprawls over an astonishing 60,000 square feet. It allows you to party very, very hard. For just thousands of dollars! Would you like bottle service at one of our dance-floor tables? That'll be another $10,000. How about a 30-liter bottle of champagne to share with a dozen women you've never met? $250,000. How about we get Kim Kardashian to come? $100,000. Devin Friedman explores the world, adds it all up, and explains the mysteries and the pitfalls of the hottest club on the planet read more

Few places in America have been harder hit by the housing bust than Southern California's Foreclosure Alley. We sent Charles Bowden to live in one of the loneliest neighborhoods on the planet read more